As a full-time working-mom, my days goes asa follows:
wake at 5am to feed 3.5 month old (breastfed).
5:30 cook breakfast for husband, 3 year old son, and self.
6 start getting dressed & ready my self (drink my one cup of coffee)
6:30 wash dished from previous night & start setting out items for supper and getting lunches & snack together for the day
7 wake 3 year & get him ready for daycare
7:30 leave for work
7:50 drop kids off & feed 3.5 month old again before leave for work
8:30 get to work and stay until 5:30
5:30 go get boys and head home
6:15 get home & feed 3.5 month old
6:30 cook supper & wash dishes from lunch & breakfast
7:30-8 eat supper, get baths, set out outfits for next day & do laundry
9:30 put oldest to bed, get my shower & go to bed
youngest gets up at 12ish & 5ish for feeding
and this is where I start it all over again.
What do your days usually endure?
Do you get time for yourself? What do you do?
2006-10-10 10:25:37 · 13 answers · asked by staxi 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
We live on a farm also. My husband gets up & goes to work. He drives one hour to work and one hour home & works a ten hour day. When he gets home he feeds our animals, gets a bath, eats, and goes to bed. He lack selfish time.
2006-10-10 10:42:29 · update #1
I am not asking when to get "Me Time". I just wondered what other moms days are like. I get in as much play time with my two boys as possible. My 3 year old & I listen to books on tape on the way home each day & in morning we talk about anything HE can think of. I constantly talk to my 3.5 month old esspecially while I nurse him! I was off work yesterday & all I did was play with them & 3 loads of Laundry & of course the obvious EAT.
Thank you for all your wonderful answers and taking your time to answer. I love knowing there are other people like me out there.
2006-10-12 03:33:21 · update #2
When does your husband help you out? That is the real question!
2006-10-10 10:36:31 · answer #1 · answered by Debbie 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When I was working my day would start at 4am when I would get up get dressed and feed all the livestock at 5 I got my shower and got dressede for work at 6 I woke the kids up fixed breakfast got them ready for school and straightened the house at 7:15 they got on the bus for school and I headed to my job which was a 40 minute drive and worked till 5 when I would head home. As soon as I got home I would start supper while my husband fed the animals about 6 we would eat then right after supper I checked over homework and spent time with the kids and at 7:30 while they were getting baths then I cleaned the kitchen and got things ready for the next morning then after their baths it was time for bedtime stories and kisses. Finally about 9 I got to go around and pick up things spend about 10 minutes talking to my husband before he fell asleep then paid bills read the mail worked on laundry and would finally fall into bed about midnight only to start over again in four hours. When you are a mom it doesn't matter if you work or stay at home you never have time to think or be selfish. Thankfully my oldest was 14 at the time and helped out a lot of the time.
2006-10-10 12:01:57 · answer #2 · answered by Martha S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5:30 get up and get boys up (7 and 8 yrs old)
get showerd and boys fed and dressed(start a load of laundry and get breakfast cleaned up, beds made, straighten house)
take care of dogs and cats
leave for work and before school sitter at 7:15
get off work at 2:30 and either do errands or go home to walk dog to school to pick up boys.
get boys homework going while i start dinner and household chores
check and sign all homework
serve dinner
clean up dinner and start more laundry
each day has regular chores then a special larger chore...make sure they are done
boys in shower at 7
play a game or watch tv....we go every other night for both
boys in bed by 8:30
excercise and answer e-mail or whatever
in bed by 10 or so
its imperitive you have a day where you are not under the gun for anything other than the obvious.....feeding and stuff
kids the ages you have require more sleep than they are getting (i taught preschool for 20 years and work in special ed now)
the 3.5 month old should be sleeping through the night
sounds like you need to become the mominator!!! get tough about bedtimes and thats how you'll get your time to yourself.
2006-10-10 10:55:56 · answer #3 · answered by igot_terminal_uniqueness 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember those days!
5:30 - get up, get coffee, smoke cigarette
6:00 - get in shower & get dressed
7:00 - wake up 13 year old
7:45 - leave to drop her at school & go to work
8:30-4:30 - work
5:00 - get home
5:30 - help with homework if needed
6:00 - make dinner for me, hubby (he's disabled) & my daughter
7:00 - do dishes, make coffee for morning, maybe laundry
8:00 - either sit & watch some TV or take a bath
10:00 - bedtime
2006-10-10 10:33:33 · answer #4 · answered by icddppl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5:30 AM - Madison wakes up. I feed her and we lay down together for another hour
6:30 AM - Madison and I get up to take a shower. She plays in a safe area where she can see mom and I can get ready.
7:15 AM - I leave for work and my husband gets up and takes a shower. He takes Madison to Gloria's house 4 blocks away at 8.
7:30 AM - Get coffee from Starbucks for boss.
8:00 AM - At office until 5:00 PM
5:00 PM - Drive to Gloria's and pick up Madison
5:30 PM - Madison and Mom & Dad go for walk and by the park for a quick swing
6:00 PM - Play time with mommie and daddy (a little kitchen cleaning, load of laundry in/folded, throw something in the oven for dinner, wash bottles and repack bag for Gloria's house for the next day, check blackberry)
6:30 PM - Bath time, put on PJ's
7:00 PM - Drink last bottle and read books with mom and dad
7:30 PM - Lights out for Madison
8:00 PM - Madison asleep and now mom who is pregnant again goes to sleep.
nexy day get up and do it all over a gain
This is my life.....until end of Feb 2007 when it all changes again!
2006-10-10 10:41:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
She could get on a similar time as the gettin's sturdy. He feels like an unappreciative tyrant. Why could she p.c. to project any babies to that style of abusive place sort of a father. If she needs babies consistent with probability she could attempt synthetic insemination. Mothering a newborn is a 24 hour an afternoon at your provider sir and maam job. Multiply that by 5...... the guy does not sound like he would be changing a diaper or doing any of the comforting or maintenance artwork this is a factor of being a stable parent. the place is her suggestions? A 6,000 squareft house is yet another finished time job. She is soliciting for heartache by pursuing this dating.
2016-12-26 15:29:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My day goes as follows:
5:30 am wake up and drag hubby outa bed to shower,
545: get dressed start breakfast CLEAN
600: wake 3 boys up get them dressed CLEAN
630 wake baby girl up get her dresses
650: feed everyone breakfast make lunchCLEAN
705 boys on bus, baby in car, husband out the door,
715 drop baby off,
745 arrive at work,
415 pick up baby
430 pick up boys
445 go to soocor practice
615 make dinnerCLEAN
730 dishes and CLEANING
800 kids in shower
845 i take shower!!!(ME TIME)
900 in bed!!!!
2006-10-10 10:35:48 · answer #7 · answered by jenmur 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My day starts at
6am wake up
eat breakfast
get ready for work
7am wake aiden up
Feed her
dress her
play with her
7:45am Leave for work
7/7:30pm come home from work
play with aiden while she eats
8-9pm bathe aiden
Eat dinner
9-9:30/10pm play with aiden
9:30/10pm put aiden to bed
the rest of the eveing i watch some tv, do my homework, check my e-mail.
im in bed by 1am and get up and do it all over again..
luckily for me i get 2-3 days off in a row so i do get to spend decent quality time with her.
2006-10-10 12:16:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My children are mostly grown now (I only have the 16 yr old to worry about), so my day is nothing like yours, but I remember those days very well! My oldest two are the same age for 6 weeks, so when they were babies it was very challenging. I just wanted to offer up that it DOES get much better as they get a little older!
2006-10-10 10:37:41 · answer #9 · answered by AzOasis8 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds pretty normal to me...but here's a tip...time for yourself wont just appear you have to work it out. you might want to consider getting up maybe 15 min earlier in the morning and spend sometime for yourself doing something that you enjoy...or maybe have your husband cook some nights of the week or so that you can have a little time to yourself. or even this put your oldest child to bed a little earlier and use that time to yourself.
2006-10-10 10:39:37 · answer #10 · answered by my101201cutiepie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So you spend all of about an hour of quality time with your children each day? If that? Time when you are not doing laundry, cooking, cleaning, showering, etc.
Wow, congratulations. I'm sure your kids appreciate the time. And yet you are asking how to get some time for yourself.
Time to reevaluate.
2006-10-10 11:50:45 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋